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USA Today - Efforts to Stop Lead Poisoning Could be at Risk
Jerome Paulson, M.D., professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by USA Today about budget cuts that could prevent health officials from protecting children from lead poisoning. 
The Washington Post - The Sound of Music and Other Techniques to Help Kids Deal With Pain at the Doctor’s Office
Stephen Teach, M.D., professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by The Washington Post on using music or other techniques to distract young children from painful medical procedures. This story also appeared in The Chicago Tribune and The Norman Transcript.
Radio Rounds - Celebrating Mothers in Medicine
Katherine Chretien, M.D., associate professor of medicine, was interviewed by Radio Rounds  the challenges and joys of being a "Mother in Medicine" and whether women in medicine can “do it all.”
GW SMHS Alum, Dennis M. Dimitri, M.D. '79, Elected Vice President of the Massachusetts Medical Society
Dennis M. Dimitri, M.D. ’79, has been elected Vice President of the Massachusetts Medical Society at the organization’s annual meeting, held in May. He will serve a one-year term as one of the top officers of the Society, the statewide membership organization representing nearly 24,000 physicians…
Beyond the Stethoscope
Residents and attending physicians in the Department of Internal Medicine published the third edition of Cuentos, their annual humanities magazine, June 14.
The Washington Post - Supreme Court Rules Human Genes May Not be Patented
Timothy McCaffrey, Ph.D., professor of medicine and director of the Division of Genomic Medicine, was interviewed in The Washington Post for a story on the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling that human genes cannot be patented.
San Francisco Chronicle - New Lungs Buy Time But Don't Cure Cystic Fibrosis
Anastassios C. Koumbourlis, M.D., professor of pediatrics, was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle about children who undergo often difficult lung transplants. The story originally appeared in The Associated Press.
GW Cancer Institute Publishes Overview on Value of Patient Navigation for Community Cancer Centers
A recently published paper by the George Washington University Cancer Institute addresses the value of patient navigation programs for community cancer centers.
Allen R. Dyer Publishes “One More Mountain to Climb” About Battle With Cancer
Allen R. Dyer, M.D., Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences published One More Mountain to Climb: What My Illness Taught Me About Health on June 2.
The New York Times - In Bullies’ Hands, Nuts or Milk May Be a Weapon
Hemant Sharma, M.D., M.H.S., assistant professor of pediatrics, was quoted in a New York Times article about children being bullied for their food allergies.